Weinstock, Howard Frank (sold)
Howard Frank Weinstock (May 19, 1936 - October 18, 2014) was a graphic designer and artist associated with the 'United States Map Company Inc.'. Weinstock was born in Chicago but from age 8 lived most of his live in Los Angeles. He studied at the Art Center College of Design after which he enjoyed a long career in the arts - mostly focusing on freelance work. He produced a series of highly graphic pictorial maps in the early 1970s, covering Hawaii, Florida, California, the United States, and Los Angeles. Weinstock died in 2014 after a long illness.
Oh Beautiful For Spacious ... Never Mind.
This 1972 Postermap of the United States in the year 2000 is a bleakly satirical prediction of the state of the country and the world of the near future. The map, produced 28 years before the subject's date (a mere 24 years ago), depicts a dystopian America corporatized, urbanized, paved, littered, irradiated, automated, and yet insatiable. (more details)